Its 2013. Its the back end of 2013. Its the 21st century, its the shows 50th anniversary, and its coming up on the eighth revived season, thirty-fourth season overall. I am 110% ready for a non-white Doctor in the TARDIS, and so is an exceptionally vocal legion of fans, their main competition being the legion asking for a female Doctor. Oddly, no one seems to be sticking their hands up for a female black Doctoryou get the best of both worlds and a welcome regime change. Personally, I dont want Steven Moffat anywhere near a female Doctor considering his past portrayal of women in the series, but Im all for the Doctor having a race change, if not a physical gender swap. Weve had eleven white dudes, yet in the revived series weve seen canonically black Time Lords and a black Time Lady turn into a white one. Its time for a change. However, you invariably meet people out on the wilds of the internet who cry foul, that the Doctor must stay white and probably retain his XY chromosomes while hes at it. They bring up the same arguments each and every time, and Ive had it. Heres your handy breakdown list of the five main arguments they use, and how to comprehensively rebut them.

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